Calico Lionheads :-)))

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Koi-Lo - 18 Mar 2006 00:28 GMT

After months of looking I finally found a tank of them. Nowhere else but
....*GASP*.... Wally World. They just finished putting the new fish in the
tanks when I sallied forth into their pet dept. Lo and behold, CALICO
LIONHEADS! I snapped up the best 4 of those critters for $4.58 each.
They're resting quietly in a Q tank by the window. I was starting to think
they didn't sell this variety of LHs in the chains.

Before stopping at WM on the way home I hit Old Time Pottery who was having
a 20th Anniversary sale. Then stopped at PetsMart for some veggie clips.
It's been a productive day. :-)))

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Mellie101 - 18 Mar 2006 22:52 GMT

I was admiring the lionheads in a LFS recently. Kept saying 'one day'.
Have to say I didn't see any calico's. Could we see pictures please?
Good luck with the newbies

Mellie

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Koi-Lo - 19 Mar 2006 03:46 GMT

>I was admiring the lionheads in a LFS recently. Kept saying 'one day'.
> Have to say I didn't see any calico's. Could we see pictures please?
> Good luck with the newbies

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As soon as they leave the Q tank I'll get some pics. The memory stick
reader on my PC pooped out. I'm hoping that can be fixed before I download
any more pics to my PC from my camera. Another problem is I can't figure
out how to take close ups using the darn thing. :-( Between being
slightly blurry and slightly overexposed - add the flash off the glass,....
well..... you can see the problems getting good snaps of my fish.

They're doing great BTW. All 4 look fine and healthy. They enjoyed some
thawed blood worms for breakfast, Hikari Gold pellets for lunch and a slice
of orange for dinner. I don't believe I'm going to have any problems with
them.

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Jolly Fisherman - 21 Mar 2006 07:58 GMT

>They're doing great BTW. All 4 look fine and healthy. They enjoyed some
>thawed blood worms for breakfast, Hikari Gold pellets for lunch and a slice
>of orange for dinner. I don't believe I'm going to have any problems with
>them.

Do you do any special preparation of the orange? It doesn't pollute
the water?

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Koi-Lo - 21 Mar 2006 19:01 GMT

>>They're doing great BTW. All 4 look fine and healthy. They enjoyed some
>>thawed blood worms for breakfast, Hikari Gold pellets for lunch and a
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> Do you do any special preparation of the orange? It doesn't pollute
> the water?

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I slice it about 1/4" thick and drop it in. Later I remove the rinds. No
other prep except to WASH it under cold water to remove any pesticides that
may be on the rind. In the tanks with veggie clips I remove the rind and
let the clip hold it at the surface. They love oranges. I do the same with
zucchini and cucumber but they're nowhere near as nuts for those. Oranges
provide them with Vitamin C which may be gone from the foods we buy them at
the store, and calcium. They will keep at the orange slice until it's gone
(except for any rind you leave on it). Remove the rind.

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Calico Lionheads :-)))